Grant takes command of the Union armies
1864 · Event
Lincoln finally finds his general: Ulysses S. Grant, victor of Vicksburg, receives the revived rank of lieutenant general — held substantively by no one since Washington — and command of all Union armies. His plan is simple and terrible: press everywhere at once, and never let go.
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